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| Woman Dies After Fall From UN Building |
| 2008-02-18 |
| A woman who worked for the United Nations died Sunday after falling from the 19th floor of the U.N.'s Secretariat Building, authorities said. It's a start. Police and U.N. security officers at the scene, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, said the woman in her 40s had jumped from a window after showing up to work early in the morning. Walked in on an unscheduled Security Council meeting when they were discussing "financing" on one of their latest endeavors, perhaps? "A U.N. agency staff member died after falling from the 19th floor of the U.N. Secretariat Building," U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said. "At this time there is no suspicion of foul play." Okabe said U.N. officials would not confirm her identity even after her next of kin were notified. The official cause of death was to be determined by the medical examiner. Let me save you some money: It was the abrupt stop at the end of the fall that did it. U.N. staff rushed to the scene and escorted investigators to the rear area of the building, where yellow tape was put up around the woman's body. Some U.N. staff were blocked from leaving the building just after the discovery. Quick! Schedule weekly update meetings in a central location until this blows over! The Bahamas should do nicely. Of course we'll need to use one of their finest hotels. In 1982, a 57-year-old senior U.N. official who had just resigned from the Office of Financial Services and was reported to have been upset about his failing health plunged to his death from the 18th floor of the Secretariat building. Looks like she one-upped him. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #5 Hey, Benon? Ya paying attention? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-18 11:54 |
| #4 Not enough. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-02-18 11:50 |
| #3 how many buildings have operable windows at the 19th floor? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-18 10:34 |
| #2 Another UN employee drowned while taking a shower. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-02-18 10:27 |
| #1 Shouldn't this have happened in Prague? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-02-18 09:28 |